Skype for Web beta is now open to all users in the US and UK

Beta access to Skype for Web is now open to a much wider range of people. All new and existing users in both the US and the UK can take a look the next big thing from Skype. To use it, you will need to download Skype for Web plug-in.

Microsoft initially started rolling out beta invitations in March. It allows users to place Skype calls through a web browser, removing the need to download a standalone application. It has the major features you would expect from Skype, including messaging, audio calls, and video calls.

No word yet on a release date of the full product, but with this widening of the beta, perhaps it's not that far off. Note that Skype for Web currently supports Internet Explorer, Chrome, Firefox, or Safari. Additionally, Chromebooks only support instant messaging at this time.

Skype for Web beta is now open to all users in the US and UK

You must be new to microsoft. I think you can actually just change the country within you skype profile to UK or US and you get the invitation link on the skype landing page. Had this yesterday after my profile was not "complete" with those fields

sure someone had been making some calls without any problems for the past years without any problem, but on Wednesday it started to ask him to buy some credits in order to make some calls to the same numbers he has been calling before. (pc to pc both with skype)

Credits were required when calling a cellphone, but not with PC on ethernet, but this now i wonder!

Mmmm, well I'll give it a go in the hope that it works better than other Skype apps but I ain't gonna hold my breath. Apart from the desktop version, every skype app I've tried (Winphone/Win 8/IOS & Android) is a steaming pile of poop. Wish I didn't have to use it for work but I do.